by John Dos Passos · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429726572
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«El paral·lel 42» is the novel by John Dos Passos, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (352 pages, in Catalan).
First installment of the U.S.A. trilogy, it portrays the United States at the beginning of the 20th century through the intersecting lives of five characters: Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward and Charlie. With fragmented narration, Dos Passos incorporates historical figures such as Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie to explore capitalism, immigration and alienation.
Translation by Manuel de Pedrolo, in the MOLU s.XX - Les Millors Obres de la Literatura Universal Segle XX collection (volume 18). Original title: The 42nd Parallel (1930).
For readers interested in 20th-century experimental narrative and American social and historical literature.
John Roderigo Dos Passos was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy. He was a descendant of the Lee family of Virginia.
